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Holiday Cookies & Blog News!!

Holiday Gingerbread Men

Whatcha Need: 

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

3 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

3/4 cup molasses

1/4 cup water

How to do it: 

Cream shortening and sugar. Sift flour with salt, soda and spices. Blend flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with molasses and water. Chill at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with large 6-8 inch gingerbreadmen cookie cutters. Lift onto lightly greased cookie sheet with broad spatula.

Bake above oven center for about 12 minutes or until cookies spring back lightly in center. Do not overcook, they won't stay soft. Remove from sheets. Cool on wire racks. Makes 10 men 6-8 inches tall.

(original recipe via all recipes)

Happy Holidays! 

I have big blog news!!! 

I am MOVING! 

thewannabefoodie.com is now all mine! I have been working on the move for a while and think it's time you guys see how it's going! I was able to move my Google reader right over, so all of you who are following will still be followers. It is much cleaner and streamlined and I am REALLY loving it!! Let me know what you guys think!! 

New York, New York!

Chris and I are going to NYC the weekend of 12/10-12/12!  

Georgia O'Keefe, New York Night, 1929

Where we will be eating a lot of this... 

Claes Oldenburg, Flying Pizza, 1964

I have been craving Lombardi's since the last time I went to NY (2 years ago!)

As well as visiting Rockefeller Center, The MET, and doing lots of walking. 

Do you guys have any recommendations on places to eat or things to see?

Paul Rudd is going to be on SNL that Saturday, so part of me wants to wait outside 30 Rock and hope for standby tickets!

Black & White

I love black and white photos, and recently came across a couple of my late grandparents! 

Thank goodness for scanners! 

Tree Hunting!

We got our tree today!! It was warmer than normal (about 40 degree's) so we went for it! Bob's Trees is located just a little out of town, and my family has gone there as long as I can remember to get our tree! 

there was a sea of fresh cuts!

or you could cut your own....

Yep- He's peeing. 

We eventually found it!! 

Happy Holiday's All!! 

On the back burner

Hello All! I hope all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful holiday! I have some new and yummy posts for the future, but lately my blog has been left on the back burner because life keeps getting in the way! Here is a quick recap of what has been happening lately. 

On Thanksgiving day, at 8:30am I ran my first 5k! The race has become a popular pre-thanksgiving tradition in my town, and thousands of people were running it! It was unbelievably cold, but I am so proud of myself for doing it. I finished in 33:24, giving me an average pace of just over 11 minutes. I had never run the entire course before and was shocked to find that the hills people were warning me about were no joke! I'm just glad that the road wasn't slippery.

after the race!

After the race I enjoyed Thanksgiving with Chris and his family. It was a wonderful time with excellent food and amazing company. I regrettably didn't have my camera for the occasion, but believe me, everything was delicious (and delicious looking). 

Yesterday on my Mom's 48th Birthday, My Grandmother passed away. She was 87 years old. She had been struggling for a while, and was dealing with a multitude of issues. Her body was tired and couldn't function the way it needed too. I saw her on the 26th and believe that she knew I was there. She was in so much discomfort these past few weeks, so I am happy that she is no longer in pain. 

Me & My grandparents, circa 1990

In exactly one week, I will be graduating with my Bachelors degree. I am so happy that this day is FINALLY here. I am eager to walk across that stage and smile (and hopefully not trip). I have applied for graduate school, so now all I do is wait, and hopefully this spring semester I will jump right back into the college sphere and continue working towards my goal of being a Librarian.

So, thats how things are going for me! How are you doing?